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Chapter 299 Cooking Wine with the Big Brother and Discussing the Internet (4 more to order)
On January 1th, the solar term is slightly cold, and the night in Beijing has a low temperature of about minus 5 degrees.

At 5:5 p.m., the sky was already dark, and Gao Yang made an appointment with two groups of guests to meet at the entrance of the club at [-]:[-] p.m.

Gao Yang and his party rushed to the Capital Club when it was dark after 5 o'clock, and He Cheng, the customer service director of the club, saw Gao Yang's enthusiastic expression, which surprised Fang Jian, Jin Yang and others.

Gao Yang is going to drink tonight, so Gu Yawen will naturally accompany him, as well as Shao Hanyun.

Several other people made an appointment with Fang Jian not to drink, so they drove two cars over.

At 5:20, Yiwang boss Ding Lei and his party arrived first, accompanied by Yuan Ye and Fang Siwen, just three of them.

Yuan Ye first introduced Ding Lei and Fang Siwen, and then introduced Gao Yang and others. Yuan Ye also knew everyone on Gao Yang's side.

Ding Lei was a little surprised that Gao Yang and his party came with 7 people.

Gao Yang said apologetically, wait in the hall for a while, there are still two or three guests coming.

In less than 5 minutes, Li Yan and Wang Xiao, Baidu's Li bosses, rushed over, and there were only two people.

He Cheng arranged a large private room, a large dining table that can seat 15 people, and a reception room.

When Li Yan and Ding Lei saw each other, they were stunned at first, then they laughed and said hello.

Both parties understand the purpose of this trip, and neither of them changed their faces.

After Wang Xiao introduced Li Yan and Gao Yang to each other, they were taken to the private restaurant by He Cheng himself.

Sitting down, after Gao Yang introduced the people around him, he smiled apologetically: "Boss Ding and Boss Li, you two are seniors in the circle, I'm just a newcomer.

Yesterday, I happened to meet the two of you and contacted each other back and forth, hoping to sit down and have a chat.

As for me, I dare not offend anyone, and I guessed that the two of you must know each other, so I decided to arrange this dinner for tonight.

It's a bit abrupt, I didn't say hello in advance, because I was afraid that the two of you didn't want to come.

So, I offended you, please forgive me..."

Ding Lei was born with a smiling face, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Gao's arrangement is very good. I have known Mr. Li for several years. However, I can't afford to talk about seniors and big brothers. We all Not that old?"

Li Yan also said with a smile: "We are actually in the same age group, I am 68 years old, Lao Ding is 71 years old, what year is Mr. Gao?"

Gao Yang said: "I'm 74 years old, a little younger than the two of you. You two are brothers, so just call me by my name."

Ding Lei smiled and said, "Okay, Lao Li and I call you Gao Yang, so don't be polite."

Gao Yang said: "I'm not polite, so I'll call you Brother Yan and Brother Lei. I've been fascinated by Brother Yan and Brother Lei for a long time. Today I met you. You should have a good drink."

Li Yan and Ding Lei smiled at each other and nodded.

Next, start serving food and drinking.

After drinking three cups, Ding Lei asked with a smile: "Gao Yang, do you usually like to eat in such a top club?"

Gao Yang shook his head and smiled: "The membership of this club was organized yesterday, and I also want to meet the two elder brothers solemnly.

I did it in the name of 51 Renren Company, and there was a small episode in the middle. At the beginning, I asked my assistant Han Yun to apply for membership, but the customer service of the club replied on the phone that 51 Company did not meet the membership requirements. Not qualified enough.

I had no choice but my wife and the others had to disturb my father-in-law. My father-in-law asked someone to say hello, and then it was done quickly, and it became a door-to-door service. "

Gao Yang's explanation like this naturally meant Versailles intentionally, and Gu Yawen also understood what her husband wanted to show, so she just smiled.

Fang Jian and the others didn't know it, but they suddenly realized it. No wonder the club director was a little too enthusiastic just now.

Yuan Ye asked curiously, "Gao Yang, which department does your father-in-law work in?"

Fang Jian immediately said, "Gao Yang's father-in-law works in the police department, and the department is in charge of economic investigation."

Li Yan and Ding Lei were shocked, but they smiled slightly.

Unexpectedly, with such a family background, it is no wonder that a newly established website like 51.com would spend 4000 million to buy Foxmail.

The plan to win 51 people may not be realistic anymore.

Then, it was drinking, eating, chatting, and chatting about the Internet.

Ding Lei said: "Gao Yang, Yuan Ye is quite familiar with you. On the road just now, I heard Yuan Ye talk about your experience in the past few years, which reminded me. It should be the second half of 2000. At that time, the entire Internet circle It's hard.

I even doubted whether Yiwang could survive. At that time, you happened to write a comment on "Death of .com" in the CPI newspaper. I read it several times and was very impressed.

Later, I had dinner with Lao Li and talked about your article. We all felt that your article was well written, the analysis was in place, and it was thought-provoking.

Unexpectedly, a literati like you turned around and started a business in the Internet circle, and also made two very popular projects, 51.com and 51 Renren.

Especially 51 Renren, the thinking, design and application development of the SNS trend, the creativity and structure of the whole project, are great.

Since 98, almost all domestic Internet entrepreneurial projects, whether they are failed or successful, have a background in computer science.

I heard from Yuan Ye that you have never studied computers. To be honest, I was shocked.

I have recalled a lot. I have known and heard of Internet project founders over the years. None of you, who started an Internet project with a liberal arts background, have done so successfully.

You are definitely No.1..."

Gao Yang smiled and said: "That's right, I really don't understand technology, I'm an IT reporter, I'll start, set up a stage, and then a group of classmates and friends will sing together.

Like our CTO He Guangwen, he majored in software at Beijing University and is currently studying for a Ph.D.

Fang Jian, the CEO of 51 Renren, took the self-examination as a software engineer a few years ago, and later also worked as a reporter for CPI and managed project operations.

Then, Jin Yang, the CEO of 51.com, is a literary student like me. He graduated from Peking University with a master’s degree in law. Failed later.

The four of us are all high school classmates. When we talked about the idea of ​​a project like 51.com, we all thought it was good and we could try it, so we invested in it.

Now, with a programmer as powerful as Brother Long joining us and a technical team of 20 people, we are just like a tiger with wings added. "

He Guangwen praised without losing the opportunity: "Speaking of which, among the people in our company, Gao Yang is the one who is most sensitive to the trend of the Internet industry.

The ideas of the two projects of 51.com and 51 Renren, and even the basic application functions, were proposed by him, and then we discussed and implemented them.

Sometimes, I also find it amazing that a person who is good at writing articles and doesn't know much about IT technology thinks so well about the Internet, from industry trends to specific projects and product applications. "

Zhang Xiaolong also smiled and said: "I have not joined the team of 51 Company for a long time, but my feelings are similar to Guangwen's. Mr. Gao's understanding of the direction of the Internet, and then there are projects and products, which made me do this for many years. The old programmers are also very surprised."

Ding Lei raised his thumb towards Gao Yang: "Brother, I really admire your knowledge and understanding of the Internet. What do you think of these domestic companies in the Internet 2.0 era, and what are their prospects?"

When Ding Lei asked such a question, it was a bit like talking about wine. He also wanted to hear whether Gao Yang had a deep understanding of this industry, or whether the two projects of 51.com and 51 Renren were hit by luck. .

Gao Yang nodded and smiled: "Brother Lei, then I'll just say it without shame.

The development of the Internet in China has been relatively fast in the past few years, because we have a population advantage of more than one billion people, and this advantage will expand a lot in the future.

With the popularization of Internet technology and products, for example, if the number of Internet users reaches hundreds of millions or even billions in the future, domestic Internet companies may usher in many opportunities for innovation and experimentation, and new companies will continue to come out and surpass all the way.

Taking the current top Internet companies as an example, I think Ali, which is engaged in e-commerce, and Goose Factory, which focuses on social products and focuses on pan-entertainment, may have the opportunity to develop to a very large scale in the future.

For example, Brother Lei's Yiwang and Yange's Baidu each have their own characteristics and advantages. However, in terms of business scale, they may not be able to achieve a very large scale.

Yiwang and Baidu can achieve the level of large companies, such as valuations of tens of billions of dollars.

However, companies like Goose Factory and Ali are expected to be huge and worth hundreds of billions of dollars..."

(End of this chapter)